70 important questions ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ needs to answer

And none of them is "Where is Emma Watson?"

The countdown to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has begun, and we have more than a few questions for this Harry Potter sequel to answer.

It is 2016, which means the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child countdown can really begin in earnest. Fans around the world (us included) are hoping that the play, which marks the first proper Harry Potter canon since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was published in 2007, will mark the beginning of the Harry Potter fandom resurgence.

We also hope it will answer a few of the burning questions that have been bothering us since the series finished. These aren’t questions about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child itself, like “How big of a role will the trio play?” and other big questions we have posed. And they certainly don’t include “Since when is Hermione black and where is Emma Watson?” which we have already been answered.

Instead we’re demanding answers to our many questions about Hogwarts, and the broader Wizarding World, and what exactly happened in those 19 years before the Deathly Hallows Epilogue. Sorry, did we say just a few questions?

What happened in the 19 years between the end of Deathly Hallows and the epilogue?

Has the Wizarding World changed substantially?

Are there still Voldemort loyalists around?

Were there some kind of Wizarding war crimes trials?

Was Umbridge tried after the war?

Who is the Minister for Magic now?

How is the Minister chosen, seeing as they don’t seem very concerned with elections?

Does that make the ministry a dictatorship?

Why weren’t any of the international wizards concerned about Voldemort’s rise?

Were they facing other threats during this time that we didn’t hear about?

How many wizards are there in the world?

How many children are there at Hogwarts?

Are there many wizard children who aren’t sent to Hogwarts but who are homeschooled?

Where are the international magical schools?

Are there wizarding colleges/universities for post-Hogwarts education?

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Has the Wizarding World as a whole worked to correct their blood prejudices?

Have they corrected their prejudices against magic creatures?

Did Hermione achieve any change for House Elves?

What was Hermione’s final year at Hogwarts like without Harry and Ron?

Who is the Headmaster now?

Why can’t squibs go to Hogwarts and learn subjects that don’t require spells, like Astronomy, or Care of Magic Creatures?